2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado
← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
All 8 Colorado seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 4 3
Seats won 5 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,365,427 1,051,030
Percentage 55.23% 42.51%
Swing Increase 2.18% Decrease 1.04%
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The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Colorado gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, elections to the U.S. Senate, and various state and local elections.

District boundaries were redrawn to ensure that the districts are apportioned based on data from the 2020 census, which added an eighth seat to Colorado's delegation.[1][2]

Statewide results[edit]

Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
Democratic Party 8 1,365,427 55.23% 5 Increase1 62.5%
Republican Party 8 1,051,030 42.51% 3 Steady 37.5%
Libertarian Party 5 34,234 1.38% 0 Steady 0.0%
American Constitution Party 3 14,428 0.58% 0 Steady 0.0%
Unity Party 2 3,796 0.15% 0 Steady 0.0%
Colorado Center Party 1 2,876 0.12% 0 Steady 0.0%
Write-in 4 414 0.02% 0 Steady 0.0%
Independent 1 9 >0.01% 0 Steady 0.0%
Total 35 2,472,214 100% 8 Increase1 100%
Statewide popular vote
Democratic
 
 55.23%
Republican
 
 42.51%
Libertarian
 
 1.38%
American Constitution
 
 0.58%
Unity
 
 0.15%
Colorado Center
 
 0.12%
Write-in
 
 0.02%
Independent
 
 0.01%
House seats
Democratic
 
 62.5%
Republican
 
 37.5%

District 1[edit]

2022 Colorado's 1st congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Diana DeGette Jennifer Qualteri
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 226,929 49,529
Percentage 80.3% 17.5%
DeGette:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Diana DeGette
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Diana DeGette
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 1st congressional district

The 1st district includes almost all of Denver, as well as the enclaves of Glendale and Holly Hills.[2] The district is very similar to its predecessor before 2020 redistricting. The incumbent was Democrat Diana DeGette, who was re-elected with 73.6% of the vote in 2020.[3] She was running for re-election.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
  • Dom Waters, graphic artist and educator[6][7]

Endorsements[edit]

Diana DeGette
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Neal Walia
Individuals
Organizations

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 79,391 81.1
Democratic Neal Walia 18,472 18.9
Total votes 97,863 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Jennifer Qualteri[17]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jennifer Qualteri 18,568 100.0
Total votes 18,568 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid D November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid D November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Solid D April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Safe D June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Solid D July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe D September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 1st congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 226,929 80.3
Republican Jennifer Qualteri 49,530 17.5
Libertarian John Kittleson 6,157 2.2
Green Iris Boswell (write-in) 70 0.0
Total votes 282,686 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2[edit]

2022 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Joe Neguse Marshall Dawson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 244,107 97,770
Percentage 70.0% 28.0%
Neguse:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Dawson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Joe Neguse
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Neguse
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in north-central Colorado, taking in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Longmont, as well as the surrounding mountain ski towns, including Vail, Grand Lake and Idaho Springs.[2] The district was made slightly larger during redistricting, and it is now based in the north-central part of the state rather than just west of Denver. The incumbent was Democrat Joe Neguse, who was re-elected with 61.5% of the vote in 2020.[3] He was running for re-election.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Joe Neguse
Organizations

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Neguse (incumbent) 91,793 100.0
Total votes 91,793 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marshall Dawson 43,164 100.0
Total votes 43,164 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid D November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid D November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Solid D April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Safe D June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Solid D July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe D September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Neguse (incumbent) 244,107 70.0
Republican Marshall Dawson 97,700 28.1
Colorado Center Party Steve Yurash 2,876 0.8
American Constitution Gary L. Nation 2,188 0.6
Unity Tim Wolf 1,968 0.6
Total votes 348,839 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3[edit]

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Lauren Boebert Adam Frisch
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 163,832 163,278
Percentage 50.06% 49.89%
Boebert:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Frisch:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Lauren Boebert
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Lauren Boebert
Republican

See also: Colorado's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district encompasses the Colorado Western Slope, including the cities of Montrose, Pueblo, and Grand Junction.[2] Redistricting made the district slightly safer for the incumbent, Republican Lauren Boebert, who was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2020.[3] The district absorbs part of the old 4th district. She ran for re-election. Under the new district lines, the seat has a Cook PVI of R+7 and Donald Trump would have carried the district by 8 points. Despite this, Democrats very nearly flipped the seat, as Boebert defeated Adam Frisch by a razor-thin margin of 554 votes. This was the closest House race in 2022.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Eliminated at Convention[edit]
  • Marina Zimmerman, crane operator[35][36]
Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Lauren Boebert
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Newspapers and other media
Organizations
Don Coram
Newspapers and other media

Debates and forums[edit]

2022 CO-03 Republican primary debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
Boebert Coram
1[45] May 26, 2022 Dave Woodruff P P

Results[edit]

Results by county
  Boebert
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Coram
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lauren Boebert (incumbent) 86,322 66.0
Republican Don Coram 44,486 34.0
Total votes 130,808 100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Sol Sandoval, community organizer[48][47]
  • Alex Walker, entrepreneur[47]
Did not qualify[edit]
Withdrew[edit]
Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Sol Sandoval
State legislators
Organizations

Debates and forums[edit]

2022 CO-03 Democratic primary debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
Frisch Sandoval Walker
1[67] May 25, 2022 Mesa County Democratic Party P P P

Results[edit]

Results by county
  Frisch
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Sandoval
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Tie
Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Frisch 25,751 42.4
Democratic Sol Sandoval 25,462 41.9
Democratic Alex Walker 9,504 15.7
Total votes 60,717 100.0

Independents[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Filed paperwork[edit]
  • Kristin Skowronski[68]

General election[edit]

Debate[edit]

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Lauren Boebert Adam Frisch
1 Sep. 19, 2022 Club Twenty Edie Sunn YouTube P P

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid R November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid R May 20, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Likely R November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Likely R April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Likely R June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Likely R July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid R June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe R September 28, 2022

Endorsements[edit]

Adam Frisch (D)
State officials
Newspapers
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lauren
Boebert (R) 		Adam
Frisch (D) 		Undecided
Center Street PAC (D) Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2022 144 (RV) ± 5.2% 40% 45% 15%
Keating Research (D)[A] Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 47% 45% 8%
Keating Research (D)[A] Jul 21–25, 2022 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 49% 42% 9%
Hypothetical polling
Lauren Boebert vs. generic opponent
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lauren
Boebert (R) 		Generic
Opponent 		Undecided
Keating Research (D)[A] July 21–25, 2022 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 45% 48% 7%

Results[edit]

Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert faced a strong challenge from former Aspen city councilman and businessman Adam Frisch who led on election day. Despite many prediction sites like The Cook Political Report giving the race a rating of "Solid R" up to election day,[18] the race would prove to become the closest race of the cycle.[73] Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight gave Boebert a 97% chance of winning and most projections showed Boebert defeating Frisch by a margin of nearly 15%.[74] However, on election night, Frisch led Boebert with over 90% of votes counted. Over time the vote would narrow, with at one point Frisch leading by only 60 votes.[75] Boebert took the lead two days after the election, though confusion would start to grow as to how many outstanding votes would be left due to military absentee ballots among other errors with vote counting.[73] Although the close margin triggered an automatic recount, Frisch conceded the race on November 17 after all overseas, military and provisional ballots were counted, as he acknowledged that a recount was very unlikely to overturn Boebert's lead.[76] On December 12, Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced that the results of the recount showed minimal change, with Boebert losing 3 votes and Frisch gaining 1.[77]

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lauren Boebert (incumbent) 163,839 50.06
Democratic Adam Frisch 163,293 49.89
Write-in 153 0.05
Total votes 327,285 100.0
Republican hold

District 4[edit]

2022 Colorado's 4th congressional district election
 
Nominee Ken Buck Ike McCorkle
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 216,024 129,619
Percentage 60.9% 36.6%
Buck:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
McCorkle:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Ken Buck
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ken Buck
Republican

See also: Colorado's 4th congressional district

The 4th district encompasses rural eastern Colorado and the southern Denver exurbs, including Castle Rock and Parker.[2] The incumbent was Republican Ken Buck, who was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2020.[3] The old 4th district ceded parts to the new 3rd district. Buck was running for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Ken Buck
Organizations
Newspapers and other media

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 90,070 74.0
Republican Robert Lewis 31,585 26.0
Total votes 121,655 100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ike McCorkle 42,238 100.0
Total votes 42,238 100.0

Independents[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Filed paperwork[edit]

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid R November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid R November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe R November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Solid R April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Safe R June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Solid R July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid R June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe R September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 4th congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 216,024 60.9
Democratic Ike McCorkle 129,619 36.6
American Constitution Ryan McGonigal 8,870 2.5
Total votes 354,513 100.0
Republican hold

District 5[edit]

2022 Colorado's 5th congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Doug Lamborn David Torres
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 155,528 111,978
Percentage 56.0% 40.3%
Lamborn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Torres:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Doug Lamborn
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Doug Lamborn
Republican

See also: Colorado's 5th congressional district

The 5th district is based in Colorado Springs and its suburbs, including Fountain, Black Forest, and Ellicott after previously being spread out over central Colorado.[2] The incumbent was Republican Doug Lamborn, who was re-elected with 57.6% of the vote in 2020.[3] He was running for re-election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
  • Christopher Mitchell, electrical engineer[88][47]

Endorsements[edit]

Doug Lamborn
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. representatives
Newspapers
Dave Williams
U.S. representatives
Individuals

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 46,178 47.3
Republican Dave Williams 32,669 33.5
Republican Rebecca Keltie 12,631 12.9
Republican Andrew Heaton 6,121 6.3
Total votes 97,599 100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
  • Orlondo Avion[88]
  • Jeremy Dowell, attorney[94]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Torres 24,413 54.7
Democratic Michael C. Colombe 20,237 45.3
Total votes 44,650 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid R November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid R November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe R November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Likely R April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Safe R June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Solid R July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid R June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe R September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 5th congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 155,528 56.0
Democratic David Torres 111,978 40.3
Libertarian Brian Flanagan 7,079 2.5
American Constitution Christopher Mitchell 3,370 1.2
Independent Matthew Feigenbaum 9 0.0
Total votes 277,964 100.0
Republican hold

District 6[edit]

2022 Colorado's 6th congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Jason Crow Steve Monahan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 170,140 105,084
Percentage 60.6% 37.4%
Crow:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Monahan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Jason Crow
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Jason Crow
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is based in the southern suburbs of the Denver metropolitan area including Aurora, Centennial, and Littleton.[2] The incumbent was Democrat Jason Crow, who was re-elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2020.[3]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Jason Crow
Organizations

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow (incumbent) 61,074 100.0
Total votes 61,074 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Declined[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Monahan 47,556 100.0
Total votes 47,556 100.0

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid D November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Solid D November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D November 17, 2021
Politico[21] Solid D April 5, 2022
RCP[22] Safe D June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Solid D July 11, 2022
DDHQ[24] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[25] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Safe D September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 6th congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow (incumbent) 170,140 60.6
Republican Steve Monahan 105,084 37.4
Libertarian Eric Mulder 5,531 2.0
Total votes 280,755 100.0
Democratic hold

District 7[edit]

2022 Colorado's 7th congressional district election
← 2020
2024 →
 
Nominee Brittany Pettersen Erik Aadland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 204,984 150,509
Percentage 56.4% 41.4%
Pettersen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Aadland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Ed Perlmutter
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Brittany Pettersen
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 7th congressional district

The 7th district includes the western suburbs of Denver and central Colorado, including Arvada, Lakewood, Broomfield, and Cañon City, but also a large portion of central Colorado.[2] The incumbent was Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who was re-elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2020.[3] Perlmutter announced that he would retire at the end of his term, creating an open seat.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
Declined[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brittany Pettersen 71,497 100.0
Total votes 71,497 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
  • Erik Aadland, army veteran[111]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
  • Laurel Imer, small business owner and candidate for state house in 2020[112]
  • Timothy Reichert, economist, businessman[113][114]

Did not qualify[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Laurel Imer
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Individuals
Timothy Reichert
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Newspapers

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Erik Aadland 43,469 47.9
Republican Timothy Reichert 32,583 35.9
Republican Laurel Imer 14,665 16.2
Total votes 90,717 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Likely D January 26, 2022
Inside Elections[19] Likely D November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Lean D July 28, 2022
Politico[21] Lean D November 7, 2022
RCP[22] Lean D June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Lean D August 22, 2022
DDHQ[24] Lean D July 20, 2022
538[25] Likely D June 30, 2022
The Economist[26] Likely D September 28, 2022

Endorsements[edit]

Brittany Pettersen (D)
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Erik Aadland (R)
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Brittany
Pettersen (D) 		Erik
Aadland (R) 		Undecided
RMG Research July 24–30, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 44% 41% 13%
Meeting Street Insights (R)[B] July 18–21, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 44% 42% 13%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Democrat 		Generic
Republican 		Undecided
Meeting Street Insights (R)[B] July 18–21, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 45% 44% 11%

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 7th congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brittany Pettersen 204,984 56.4
Republican Erik Aadland 150,510 41.4
Libertarian Ross Klopf 6,187 1.7
Unity Critter Milton 1,828 0.5
Independent JP Lujan (write-in) 92 0.0
Total votes 363,601 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8[edit]

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election
2024 →
 
Nominee Yadira Caraveo Barbara Kirkmeyer
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 114,377 112,745
Percentage 48.4% 47.7%
Caraveo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kirkmeyer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

None
(New district)

 Elected U.S. Representative

Yadira Caraveo
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 8th congressional district

The 8th district is a new district created after the 2020 census. It includes the northern Front Range cities and surrounding Denver communities, including Thornton, Brighton, Johnstown, and Greeley.[2]

Democratic nominee Yadira Caraveo won the open seat by just 0.7 percentage points. This was largely seen as an upset win, as polls almost unanimously had Republican nominee Barbara Kirkmeyer in the lead.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Yadira Caraveo
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Newspapers
Chaz Tedesco
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yadira Caraveo 38,837 100.0
Total votes 38,837 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Did not qualify[edit]
  • Ryan Gonzalez[163]
  • Jewels Gray, professional photographer[163][7]

Endorsements[edit]

Tyler Allcorn
Former executive branch officials
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Organizations
Jan Kulmann
State senators
Lori Saine
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Individuals

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer 22,724 39.0
Republican Jan Kulmann 13,398 23.0
Republican Lori Saine 12,357 21.2
Republican Tyler Allcorn 9,743 16.7
Total votes 58,222 100.0

Independents[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Filed paperwork[edit]

General election[edit]

Debates and forums[edit]

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district general election debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
Caraveo Kirkmeyer Long Ward
1[171] October 13, 2022 9NEWS Kyle Clark YouTube P P
N
N

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Tossup November 29, 2021
Inside Elections[19] Tilt R November 3, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Lean R November 2, 2022
Politico[21] Lean R November 3, 2022
RCP[22] Lean R June 9, 2022
Fox News[23] Lean R November 1, 2022
DDHQ[24] Lean R October 18, 2022
538[25] Likely R October 20, 2022
The Economist[26] Lean R November 5, 2022

Polling[edit]

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Yadira
Caraveo (D) 		Barbara
Kirkmeyer (R) 		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[C] October 11–16, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 44% 46% 12%
Global Strategy Group (D)[C] July 26 – August 2, 2022 700 (LV) ± 4.4% 42% 44% 15%
Global Strategy Group (D)[D] June 9–13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 36% 44% 20%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Democrat 		Generic
Republican 		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[D] June 9–13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 42% 46% 13%

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yadira Caraveo 114,377 48.4
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer 112,745 47.7
Libertarian Richard Ward 9,280 3.9
Colorado Center Party Tim Long (write-in) 99 0.0
Total votes 236,501 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c This poll was sponsored by Frisch's campaign
  2. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by the Congressional Leadership Fund
  3. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Caraveo's campaign
  4. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by 314 Action, which supports Caraveo

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